good morning. a powerful winter storm causing big trouble around the country. this one is even affecting the federal hearings into the recent airline disaster at sfo. >> reporter: storms are still affecting thousands travelers. we are monitoring how it is affecting travelers at bay area airports. >> reporter: gud news regarding a fire at a warehouse in san

francisco. crews have put the fire out. they will be here for several more hours. we'll tell you why -- coming up. it look a man like madiba to free not just the prisoner but the jailer as well. >> president obama joins millions around the world honoring nelson mandela. the emotional ceremony that just ended moments ago in south africa. "mornings on 2" starts now. good morning. welcome to "mornings on 2." live pictures here from san jose mineta international airport. another busy and rough day of travel getting underway this morning. hundreds of flights to and from the east coast have already been canceled this morning because of another winter storm in that area. the impact on bay area travelers -- coming up in a couple of minutes. good morning. i'm tori campbell. >> good morning. i'm dave clark. let's talk about weather and traffic. steve is talking about the cold. but you have more to talk about

than that, steve. >> i do. but that hawaiian departure looked good in san jose. heading off to the islands. freeze warning goes until 9:00. it's warmer, parts of the coast and also san francisco. a lot more upper 30s and 40s. that doesn't mean it's not cold inland. clearlake, 18 south. san jose, 23 degrees. pleasant hill, mark says 25 here. brentwood, is 27 and san rafael, 29 degrees. there are definitely a lot of 20s. walnut creek is 26. 23 santa rosa, napa. 29 antioch. much, much colder this morning. wind yesterday was brutal. parts of the east bay, that's tailed off. i think the record is 25 in san jose. 23. 41 san francisco. 41 half moon bay and also el granada. our observer said warmer here even though it's cold except for high clouds down in los angeles. that's about it. cold morning, sunny. warmer on the afternoon highs. the days are short. a few low to mid-50s.

here's sal. we're looking at conditions pretty cold out there, as you mentioned. the traffic is going to be slow at the bay bridge toll plaza. it's not as bad as it was yesterday. the traffic continues to move along relatively well. i do want to mention san mateo county, northbound 280. we've had improvement here. we had some black ice reported on the duran bridge. there was a crash involved as well. the crash has been cleared to the side, i would advise using caution in this area as the duran bridge usually freezes over. this is one of those days where you could give yourself a few minutes, that would really help. dumbarton bridge looking good. 280 in san jose, you can see it's looking good from the last time we checked. it still looks pretty good into the west valley. to the desk. >> thank you, sal. new this morning, a winter storm bringing more snow to the east coast. this is video of indiana this

morning. another 3 to 6 inches is expected from washington, d.c. to boston. d.c. and baltimore, though, are expected to get the worse of it. now we want to show you a live picture from washington. you can barely see the capitol dome there. people are being advised to be cautious on the roads and stay home if possible. most of government offices -- all government offices except for emergency ones are shut down today. and this winter weather is also causing problems for people here in the bay area. that's because the snow and ice have already canceled hundreds of flights around the country and this morning is no exception. ktvu channel 2 reporter janine de la vega is at san jose mineta international airport with what bay area travelers can expect there. good morning, janine. >> reporter: goorling -- good morning. it's not too bad here compared to other airports around the country. there's been some delays. one cancellation from dallas on american airlines. now, this is all stemming from the wintry weather.

i've been checking the website flightaware.and the numbers have been -- flightaware.com. and the numbers have been increasing. there's been 1100 canceled flights throughout the u.s. there were four flights to depart from sfo that are canceled. snow and ice on the eastern seaboard and the midwest have been causing problems in dallas. some passengers have been stranded for four days. some travelers in san jose had to spend the night here because they couldn't get to dallas yesterday and they are being reboughted. we spoke to another passenger who ran into problems this morning. >> we were supposed to leave at 6:15. unfortunately, my flight has not left. had a layover in salt lake city. i was gonna miss that. now i'm headed over to san francisco to hopefully catch another flight to massachusetts. >> reporter: because of weather? >> yes. there's ice on the wings. too much ice. >> reporter: according to flightaware, airports reporting the most canceled flights are

newark, dallas, la guardia, reagan and philadelphia international airport. if you are headed that direction, check your flight status before coming to the bay area airport. just be prepared. reporting live from san jose, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, janine. all of that bad weather back east has forced most federal offices in washington, d.c. to close today and that means the national transportation safety board has announced the hearing into the asiana plane crash in san francisco has been postponed. in fact, this is the second time this hearing has been canceled. the first time was in october due to the government shutdown. the ntsb will look into the factors of the plane crash back in july. three people died as a result of the crash. we'll have more on today's government closure coming up in ten minutes in a live report from washington, d.c. as steve told you earlier, the bay area has another freeze warning today. the freeze warning will end at

9:00 this morning but in a lot of areas of the north bay, temperatures were in the 20s. yesterday in some spots temperatures even dipped into the teens. there will be an autopsy later today on a man whose body was found sunday morning on foothill boulevard in hayward. the unidentified victim's body was found in a courtyard near a safeway store. police don't know if foul play or the cold weather were factors in his death. and tomorrow night in san jose, there will be a prayer service for the homeless who died from the cold. over the past week, four men died in santa clara county from hypothermia. the church groups are saying that there are not enough shelters around for the homeless to handle the growing homeless population. tomorrow's service begins at 5:00 p.m. at center road and keys and then after the service blankets, jackets and other items will be passed out to the homeless. you can get up-to-the-minute temperatures for your area on our channel 2 website.

just go to ktvu.com. click on the weather tab at the top of the home page. 7:07. crews are still on the scene of a stubborn fire at a recycling center in san francisco. even though they put out the final hot spots one hour ago. the fire started at 8:00 near the facility at candlestick park. tara moriarty has more on why it took so long to put the fire out. >> reporter: the fire started in a pile of debris. that debris runs the length of an entire football field. it's 8 feet high, 12 feet wide. the crews had to sift through all of the rub by happened because the conditions were too smoky for heavy equipment to do the job. around 8:30 last night, neighbors noticed smoke pouring from the roof of the recology warehouse near candlestick park. this is a facility where people, normally contractors come, to get rid of lumber,

sheetrock, other debris. we're told luckily no hazardous materials burned. it did take more than nine hours for firefighters to completely snuff out the flames. >> everything was extremely smoky. we had to rotate crews throughout the evening. we still have crews here trying to get to the base of the fire inside this pile. >> reporter: the assistant chief told ktvu that one firefighter hurt his foot. he was treated on scene. a lot lows smoky than when -- less smoky than when we first arrived this morning. crews will be here for several more hours doing cleanup. there is a fire investigator in the warehouse trying to figure out how the fire started. we're trying to get in touch with recology to figure out if we can get inside the warehouse to bring you video from there. we haven't been able to do that yet. so hopefully in the next hour we'll be able to bring you

video, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right, tara. new this morning, the memorial service in south africa for former south african president, nelson mandela, ended just a little while ago. dozens of world leaders, including president obama, were there in the pouring rain at this stadium in johannesburg. that memorial service is the first of several events in the coming days honoring nelson mandela. now, president obama among the world leaders who spoke earlier this morning. the president said he tries to apply the lessons of nelson mandela in his own life. >> while i will always fall short of madiba's example, he makes me want to be a better man. [ cheers ] >> he speaks to what's best inside of us. >> here's a moment people will talk about for a while as the president walked to the podium, he stopped, shook hands with world leaders, including cuban president, raul castro, right there. here in the bay area, three

funeral homes and san francisco city hall are collecting significants and condolence notes -- signatures and condome lens books. the book can be signed until the end of the week in the next city hall office. the books will be sent to the mandela family in january. nobel prizes are being handed out today. the bay areas weapons lab is being honored at this year's nobel peace prize ceremony. today, they are honoring an international watchdog group trying to rid the world of chemical weapons. the group played a critical role in destroying syria's chemical weapon stockpile and chemists at the livermore lab helped the group analyze and test those chemical weapons. those scientists are receiving a special honor. time now 7:11. a catholic school employee is

behind bars this morning. very serious charges. she's facing. and a quick trip to play in the snow has turned into a disaster. why the search is getting more debts -- desperate by the hour. and we have news of a bridge causing problems. not the bridge itself. the ice on it. it's the san mateo county. the traffic is flowing well. temperatures again this morning dipping in the 20s inland but it is a little warmer coast around the bay as well but will that trend continue or is there another blast of cold air poised to move in?

welcome back. more strong winds expected this morning in southern california. los angeles has wind gusts up

to 60 miles an hour, knocking down trees and power lines along the way. one tree, that one there, crashed down onto a car just barely missed the driver. in addition to the winds, the forecasters are warning about freezing temperatures in the inland valleys. winter storm warning in washington, d.c. has shut down most of the federal government including the ntsb. the asiana airlines crash hearing is postponed. ktvu's kyla campbell live in that winter storm back there in washington to tell us about the conditions and how the impact on the government -- what is it this morning? >> reporter: good morning, dave. the snow has lightened up a little bit since you saw ken wayne last hour. there's more rain mixing into the snow. i checked the forecast. it's changing a little bit. they say we're only expecting another inch than we have now. the roads, the sidewalks here in washington, pretty much just

wet. the winter storm advisory did prompt the government to close offices but many others in the district are still making their way into work. our one photographer drove in from virginia as many area and government employees to. there was heavier snowfall and dangerous road conditions on his way in. we stopped by the ntsb this morning, minutes after it was announced the hearing is postponed. there's no information on a rescheduled date until this afternoon. it could be tomorrow but there's no guarantee. the senate is working this morning and will re-evaluate whether it does get worse. but the forecast, not suggesting that at this point. the house sent me an e-mail saying they will be heading back this work this afternoon. live in washington, kyla campbell, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. 7:16. this morning, the search resumes in nevada for a missing couple and four young children. on sunday, the family members went out to enjoy the snow in

the remote mountains of northwest nevada. rescue teams there's still no sign of them after two straight nights of subzero temperatures. volunteers have now joined the search which is becoming more and more desperate. all of the missing children are younger than ten years old. >> we just gotta find them. we've known them forever. those tiny kids cannot be out there. none of them can be out in the cold like this. >> the family lives in another part of nevada. the family was last seen in a silver jeep with a black top. considering the temperatures bebeing recorded -- being recorded in east antarctica. nasa satellite data in 2010 marked a temperature of negative 135.8 degrees. that's the lowest temperature ever recorded. however, it will not make the guinness book of world records because the numbers were measured by satellite and not thermometers.

in july of this year, the new record also almost reached again when satellitessed the temperature of -- satellites reached the report of negative 135 degrees. a new poll shows that californians support the idea of legalizing marijuana. thethis study marks the first breakthrough for marijuana supporters. it also shows an increase in support from 2010. that's when a legalization ballot initiative failed. recently installed license plate cameras in piedmont seem to be paying off. 39 cameras are at 15 locations at pede mann. they are taking pictures of every car that goes back. at least two people have been arrested for driving stolen cars since those cameras were

installed just last month. sal is keeping a close eye on a rather dangerous situation, black ice. sal? >> that's right. we're gonna go right to newschopper2. showing us the did you ran bridge. people don't even know what it is called. there is a little sign that's there. this is the duran bridge. it's over in san mateo county here near hillsborough. and the traffic was earlier affected by black ice and some oil on this bridge. now, the caltrans crews did show up and spread sand over the area. just as a side note over to the right-hand side, you see the world's ugliest house over there in orange. see that igloo-looking thing? oh, my. but anyway, the bridge traffic is looking much better as you drive through. but brian flores is looking in the area and he'll have a report. yeah. that's ugly. i apologize to the owner of the house if he's watching "mornings on 2." i just don't think it's pretty.

westbound bay bridge as you come up to the toll plaza, that's backed up for a 20- minute delay. no problems on the bridge. i do want to mention in all seriousness, chp has asked us to warn you to slow the speeds. if you are driving and you hit a patch of ice, do not hit the brakes suddenly. hit the brakes gradually. then you will come to a stop that way. it can be hard. southbound 880 from a street down to fremont, the traffic is busy. at 7:20. steve? >> sal? >> i feel an apology coming. that house is just unique. it's not ugly. >> you are on your own, my friend. [laughter] >> i know. we have some cool to cold readings. cool, it's definitely running much warmer in parts of san francisco and along the coast. that doesn't mean it's not cold. there's still a hint of an easterly breeze in this cold morning light, now that we have sunrise. we could use some rain.

we're desperate for rain. before i get to the cold, let's talk about how dry it's been. this is january through december. the driest year ever in san francisco. 1917 when a total of 9 inches of rain fell. this year, so far a total of only 5.59. we would need 3.50 to avoid being the driest year ever and for the ten-day outlook, to christmas day, bone-dry. freeze warning is out until 9:00. 20s, 30s, 40s. and then 40, 50s. there will be a couple of 50s later this afternoon. clearlake is 18. sebastopol, 20. los gat aptos, 25. brentwood, 27. and san rafael, 29. any of these records, no. san of -- san rafael, 29. almost all records, 1972.

san jose, 28. they would have to get to 24. that won't happen. there's still code readings. 2 below up in tahoe and 4 in reno. it will be sunny and warmer. each day we'll gradually warm up. as high pressure moves in. warmer temperatures through the next couple of days. sunshine for everybody. highs 50s, i always go too quick on you north bay folks. low 50s for some. they get a little warmer. 58 toward bil roy and 54 half moon bay. also pacifica. if you like warmer temperatures they are on the way but probably more towards the end of the week. 7:22. in walnut creek, what two mothers are doing to make their neighborhood safer. >> what is it gonna take? someone actually getting seriously injured or dieing?

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the families of those shot and killed at sandy hook elementary school, they are preparing to mark the first anniversary of that tragedy. this saturday marks one year since the day. family members will light candles to remember the victims. they also want people all over the country to mark the occasion in a special way. >> we ask that you consider performing an act of kindness or volunteering with a charitable organization in your own local community. we hope that some small measure of good may be returned to the world. >> the family also started a

website called mysandy hookfamily. you can post messages and find out how to honor those that are killed. later today, a woman from oakland will fry to washington to -- fly to washington to represent candles for all of the victims of gun violence. one woman's son was shot and killed on new year's eve. she thinks he that have been mistaken for someone else. she will join other victims of gun violence at the cathedral. you might notice more dogs on the uc berkeley campus today. therapy dogs will pay a visit to students to help them destress as they study for finals this week. the dogs are from the tony larussa animal rescue foundation. they have visited the campus for several years and studies show interaction with animals lowers blood pressure, reduces anxiety and improves well- being. san francisco is still

seeing red. we'll tell you just how much the summer's america's cup race is really costing the city and tax payers. >> reporter: and the sonoma county sheriff's deputy who shot and killed a 13-year-old boy holding a replica assault rifle returns to work later today. the protests planned here in santa rosa. at the bay bridge toll plaza we're looking at some live drive-time traffic. what is the drive time here? 25 minutes. we'll also tell you more about another spot where it's longer than that to wait around. hard pressed to find a cloud in the sky. we can find some very cold temperatures. it looks like they are starting to warm up, a little bit, especially in san francisco. i will explain. [uncle]this is hopscotch,okay?

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crystal clears -- clear skies. a change is on the way according to steve. we're gonna check weather and traffic. steve is right over there. >> i am. your weather meister says we have some cold readings but not as cold. the freeze warning goes until 9:00. there is a little hint of an

easterly breeze that will help those coast and bay. inland it will be cold. not as cold as yesterday. a couple of degrees colder. sebastopol 20, 28 livermore. concord 2 bits. it's so cold. i'm not going out to get the thermometer. the city is in the low 40s. a few high clouds in southern california maybe up near the roeg border. but overall, it's another sunny day. slightly warmer in the afternoon temperatures. santa cruz, 34. i think that's the first morning they've been above freezing in four days. i believe i saw that. 50s on the temperatures. a few a little warmer. san jose, morgan hill, 57. here's sal. good morning, steve. we're looking at a commute that's better than it was yesterday at the bay bridge. about a 28-delay time. this is the peak of the morning

commute. we don't have any incidents reported on the bridge or the toll plaza. we'll have to wait around there a little bit. if you are looking at the commute on the hayward area, the traffic is going to be a little bit busy as you drive on 880 southbound. the speeds here are low. 32 miles an hour as you drive here and also, 25 miles an hour in the middle of union city. so you are going to see quite a bit of slow traffic. same thing for the livermore valley. we have speeds lower than 30 miles an hour coming through livermore and also slow traffic on the altamont pass here. speeds at about 30 miles an hour. so that's kind of a tough one if you are driving west toward dublin. at 7:32. let's take a look at 280 north. you can see traffic in downtown san jose looks good in the valley. let's go back to the desk. happening today -- the sonoma county sheriff's deputy who shot and killed 13-year-old andy lopez, he's going back to work today.

ktvu's alex savidge is live in santa rosa with the details of the controversy and a protest that's planned today. alex? >> reporter: well, lopez's supporters want criminal charges for the deputy involved in this controversial shooting. many people don't believe he should be returning to work. but -- and that's why, in fact, many in this community will be holding a demonstration later on today right here outside of the sheriff's department. you can see the sign on the front door letting people know that the office will close early at 4:00 today because of that protest. now, deputy erick gelhaus will be back on the job later today, according to the assistant sheriff. he will only be working in an administrative capacity. he won't be going out on patrol. that will be the case until the investigation into the shooting is complete. gelhaus has been on paid leesk since october. that's when he -- leave since october. that's when he shot and killed andy lopez as the 13-year-old boy was holding an air soft bb gun. investigators say gelhaus

mistook the replica for a real ak-47. the family of lopez has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit. the santa rosa police department continues to investigate exactly what happened. later this morning, the county board of supervisors is expected to begin making appointments to a community and law enforcement task force that was formed in the killing of andy lopez. that happens this morning. the march begins at 4:00 and again ends at 5:30 with a demonstration here outside of the sheriff's department. live in santa rosa, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. 7:34. child molestation charges have been filed against an employee at a private school in hayward. police say 29-year-old mia cummings sexually abused a male student over a two-year period between december 2011 and now. she worked at all saints catholic school. classrooms at community united elementary school in oakland are finally starting to

warm up after a full week with no heat. we are ally told temperatures -- we're told temperatures dipped in the 40s. >> i have to wear a jacket. it's cold. >> reporter: you wear the jacket in the classroom? >> yes. >> it's freezing in this room. all of the kids bundled up with hats and coats. that's not right. >> reporter: the school district had to wait for a replacement boiler. according to california building code, any space occupied by people must have a heating system that can help the minimum temperature at 68 degrees. pg&e is reporting that the cold weather has driven natural gas gascon gas -- natural gascon

gas consumption up. pg&e is meeting the increased demand by using gas from storage purchased last summer for significantly lower prices. and today is the third straight spare-the-air day in the bay area. the 7th one of the season. air regulators say the cold front is the reason the burn ban is needed. last winter, there were only four the spare air days. all of them in january. san francisco is still in the red from hosting the 34th america's cup. today's "chronicle" reports this summer's big yacht race on the bay has cost san francisco tax payers $5 million so far. that cost is certainly be a major factor as mayor ed lee gets set to smitt a preliminary proposal for hosting the next cup. the deadline for that bid is 12 days from now. 7:36. special road sensors in walnut creek are working now after two mothers complained about cars

speeding down newell avenue. the sensors or counters, they were installed yesterday. now, for 48 hours, they are gonna measure the numbers of cars that -- number of cars that come down the street and how fast they are going. it's all part of the required procedures to add stop signs to an area. these two mothers started the process. one of them says it's so bad, she drives her children to school and it's only a block away. >> because it's stressful and we have a near-miss on average twice a week. i'm not doing it anymore. >> now, she says she spent about $500 of other own money buying signs to warn people to slow down. the city says after the sensors are analyzed, it may take several months before stop signs are installed. police in berkeley moving ahead with a plan to lower speed limits around elementary schools. the new speed limit will be 15 miles an hour instead of 25. now, this comes despite a

police study that shows lowering the speed limit wouldn't help to keep kids from getting hit by cars. four children were hit by cars near berkeley schools between august 2010 and august of this year. today there will be a big announcement in the bay area's biggest city. larry eskagel has been interim chief for the last year and he's expected to accept a job as permanent chief during this morning's city council meeting. yesterday he spoke to robert handa in an interview. he says he's confident he can improve department morale because he's not an outsider. >> i'm a native of the community and the city and i've grown up here. i've been here for almost 28 years now. >> today's announcement of the new police chief is expected to come at the same time the city announces a new contract with san jose police officers. the city of oakland still has not hired enough police officers according to a city

council woman who is running for mayor. libby shaft later this evening will ask the council to approve a new resolution demanding that the city administrator write regular reports on how the city can reach the number of police officers approved by the budget. oakland's budget calls for $665 officers in december but only 631 are working right now. 7:39. a winter storm is hitting the east coast right now bringing up to 6 inches of new snow. and the conditions there are having an impact here at bay area airports. also, a groundbreaking first for the auto industry. the big announcement from general motors that came just hours ago. good morning. the commute, i would give it a c plus, maybe a b minus. 24. it looks okay. slow from walnut creek to oakland. you will also see some slow traffic on the other side of the tunnel. we'll tell you more about that

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u.s. stock market taking a breather after another day of record highs. we just got some new information in. u.s. employers advertised the most job openings for more than five years. the figures are an encourging sign for the unemployed. taking a live look at the big board right now, the dow is currently down 5. the nasdaq has turned around. it's up 3 and the s&p is flat.

and turning now to twitter stock. the -- we just checked and twitter stock is currently up about 6% in early trading. that's close to an all-time high. it's up 9.3% from where it started yesterday. investors are encouraged by twitter's new product called tailored audiences. it lets audiences show more relevant ads to twitter users. the national retail federation says gift cards are gonna be some of the most popular holiday gifts this year. six in ten people say the gift they want most is a gift card. and shoppers are buying four times as many gift cards as they did last year. but a retail analyze says the trend could ruin christmas. she says if everyone is trading gift cards instead of unwrapping gifts, might as well write each other a check. there's a shakeup in the corporate offices of lululemon. the founder, chip wilson, will step down as the nonexecutive

chairman and lauren will be the new chief expectative. she will take over next month. lululemon has been looking for a new ceo since june. it's a first for the auto industry. general motors is set to name a woman for the top job. ktvu's pam cook is in our newsroom with more on the decision and also the reaction to this. good morning, pam. >> good morning. general motors expected to announce today that it will be the first among the carmakers to have a female ceo. 51-year-old mary barr as said to be taking over the job. she started with the carmaker at the age of 18 at the general motors institute. landed her first job as a plant engineer as the pontiac motor division where her father worked for 39 years. she's currently serving as the

senior vice president for global product development. some of the new vehicles includes chevy impala which is the first u.s. sedan in 25 years chosen by consumer reports as the best on the market. twitter is filled with praise for mary this morning. we'll have more on what people are saying about her and her comments in the next hour of "mornings on 2." pam cook, ktvu channel 2 news. we're following developing news from san jose international airport. our own reporter janine de la vega has heard from several passengers, their flights are being delayed because of ice on the planes. some passengers have been taking shovels to sfo to get on other flights. a handful of flights in the bay area have been canceled because of the big winter storm on the east coast. now, janine is there. she's looking for more information on the story. she will bring us a live update at the top of the hour.

is it good police work or racial profiling? a public defender in san francisco claims the san francisco police department is using unfair tactics in some neighborhoods. the public defender says a client who is on trial for murder was shown photos of other potential suspects in a book that police called" the lakeview book." the public defender, kwixuan maloof, says the book appears to be filled with african- american and latino men, some who have arrest records and some who don't. >> if there is a "lakeview book" i can assume there's a mission book, a bayview book. but there's problem not a pacific heights book. >> now, san francisco police chief, greg suhr, says the books are not racial profiling that the makeup of the gang members and the affiliates determines the racial makeup of the books. the recent discovery of a woman's body in a hospital stairwell is raising new

security questions at san francisco general hospital. a new report finds there were plenty of security issues at the hospital in the weeks before the body of lynn spaulding was found. the san francisco "examiner" obtained records showing there were more than 30 criminal incidents at the hospital between september 19th and october the 8th. they include thefts, assaults, trespassing, and vandalism. many of the crimes, according to they have report, involved mentally ill patients. about 100 people marched down san francisco's market street calling for a change in priorities. the group held a rally outside twitter headquarters and say the micromessageing service got a tax break from the city because it was supposed to bring benefits to the neighborhoods. now some are seeing their rents skyrocket. others are receiving eviction notices. >> so twitter gets my tax payers and i'm booted out.

i'm not too happy about that. >> the demonstrators want the city to put public needs ahead the corporate defends. the supervisor says the city is taking steps to slow the number of evictions. we're following venning news in san mateo county for a black ice warning is causing concerns for the chp. this is a problem impacting drivers across -- across the bridge. brian flores has more. >> reporter: it's causing some problems. a lot of driskers taking it -- drivers taking it easy here on southbound 280 and northbound 280. you see a couple of caltrans crews, dump truck there is. they are pouring sand over the black ice spots we found earlier this morning. that caused a four-car accident. we want to go to scenes from chopper 2 moments ago. they were here earlier also

pouring sand where the black ice was formed. a four-car accident. it happened around 5:30 this morning. closed two lanes on the did you ran bridge, southbound on 280. again, four- -- did you ran bridge, southbound on duran bridge, southbound on 280. as we take it back out here live you see traffic moving slowly on the northbound section of 280 as caltrans crews make another pass on the black ice. if you are drifging on southbound or southbound 280, take it easy. it kind of took us a while to get here. a lot of drivers are heeding the warning. take it easy out there on the rods as there are report -- roads as there are reports of black ice here on 280. back to you in the studio. >> okay, brian. thank you. 7:49. we're gonna go trait to sal. you know about the entire commute.

>> that spot being a life-long bay area resident, the duran bridge will freeze over like it did this morning and it's been known to cause problems before. it's not surprising it happened there. we'll be watching for other spots. let's take a look at westbound bay bridge as you drive out to the macarthur maze. see some slow traffic there. still about 25 to 30 minutes holding steady as you drive through the area. but we're expecting some improvement a little later on. it's better than it was yesterday at the very least. san mateo bridge traffic looks pretty good as you drive through. i want to point out some speeds here on 880 southbound. some slow traffic, still down to 30 miles an hour. a little bit slower than that as you drive into the union city area. please give yourself extra time. 580 continues to be a slow commute. just from the altamont pass as you drive through. and i also want to mention if you are driving out on the 680

freeway. that's improved quite a bit, heading to a fremont. a very good morning. cold for many. not for all. definitely warmer around parts of the coast. half moon bay, el granada, pacifica. another mere 40 than the temperatures we -- more near 40 than the temperature we had yesterday. we could use some rain. tori brought up a good point. your car, your tires might be getting the air message it's gone below on pressure. just add some air. it's so cold. temperatures, well, they are starting to warm up. we could use some rain. everything says we're going to set a record unless some miracle happens here after christmas from january through december, the driest ever in san francisco. 1917, 9 9 inches fell. this year, we have only picked

up 5.59. we need 3.50 to avoid the record. freeze warning is out. that will take us until 9:00. there one more tonight until tomorrow. i think after that -- there's enough moisture in some of the air to kind of get the lows to come up. sebastopol, 20. redwood city, 28. san rafael, 29. still 20s. 2 below up in tahoe and 4 in reno. 23 ukiah and sacramento at 28. everything says sunshine unless you are watching us in northern california or up near -- near alturis. the freeze warning will take us until 9:00. sunny for all and temperatures are inching up very slowly. 50s on the temperatures. low, mid. maybe a few upper. towards the south bay and santa clara valley, over to santa cruz, definitely warming up.

out of the 40s for some, unless you are in the higher elevations. we'll see another cold morning tomorrow. after that, believe it or not, after we get to the weekend, i might be talking about record high temperatures next week. >> what! >> yes. i know. >> back and forth. okay. thank you, steve. honoring nelson mandela. >> it took a man like madiba to free not just the prisoner but the jailer as well. >> the memorial this morning attended by dozens of world leaders and the gesture by president obama at the memorial that's getting a lot of attention. plus -- big changes in san francisco for people applying for jobs. the question many businesses may not be able to ask you any more. good morning nelly! woah.

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install the circuit and the panel needed for a single-level electric vehicle charger. right now, there are more than 12,000 plug-in cars owned by people here in california. san francisco employers could soon be banned from asking perspective employees if they have ever been convicted of a felony. that proposal is building on a national effort. it's commonly known as ban the box. it's a growing trend around the country. the criminal records of ex- felons would be offlimit for below-market-rate housing. benicia police hope two surveillance videos will help them catch a thief who stole holiday gifts meant for the families of two cancer patients. marci moriarty says her honda was parked in her driveway. had it $1,000 worth of toys, clothes and gift cards. someone broke into it early yesterday morning and stole everything.

>> i was devastated. my first reaction, i started bawling and i started to think about the families in need. >> police are looking into this surveillance video of another car break-in that happened in her neighborhood. one of the stolen gift cards was used at a target store in vallejo. they hope to see if anyone in the video matches the person of the break-in. moriarty said there's one bit of good news. she's received enough donations to replace all of the stolen gifts. there is a new type of salvation army bell ringer in wisconsin. check it out. meet molly. she's a 3-year-old german shepherd and has been ringing bells for the salvation army for the past three years. she's a hit with the customers. check out the pink shades and her red santa jacket. looks happy there. >> yes. 7:57.

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welcome back to "mornings on 2." these are live pictures. newschopper2 flying over san jose mineta international airport. this is -- we've been talking about this. we just found out that a de- icing machine for the planes there, it may not be working right. that's causing some delays for flights at san jose mineta international airport. now, the option airport officials have provided, it has some of the passengers getting on the road. we'll tell you about that in just a moment. welcome back. tuesday, december 10th. i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. quick look at weather and traffic. steve, we'll see a warmup

eventually. >> eventually. it's happening a little bit here coast and bay on the lows, not as told. some areas above freezing for the first time in a while or at least above 38, 39. still cold for many. 20s inland. it will start to warm up here a little bit. but a little bit warmer on these highs. a few locations especially towards santa cruz, south bay. i think a couple of 60s tomorrow. plenty of 20s inland. no doubt about it. a lot of 30s or 20s. very cold readings around. get away from some of the coast and the city. a few high clouds to the north and southern california. for us us, it's a lot of -- for us, it's a lot of sunshine. temperatures, though, they are creeping up. there's a little bit more moisture in the air. the lows not as cold. it will be a cold couple of mornings for the next few days. afternoon highs more in the 50s. here's sal. we're looking at the commute and it's still pretty busy. i want to mention one of the busiest spots. that would be the toll plaza. it does look like it's slowing down. it always concerns me when i

see a crowd not moving that well. westbound here. there may be something on the bridge. i don't see anything. there could be a stall or something there. there was an earlier stall on the bridge. that that could be reason the reason why it's still slow. it was on the right shoulder of the bridge but still causing slow traffic. let's take a look at westbound 24. it's moderately heavy from walnut creek to oakland. south bay traffic is very slow on 85 from 87. 101 from capitol expressway and the 101 freeway is very slow all the way through. i want to mention the standing that we had on the duran bridge in san mateo county. black ice and the crews were throwing sand on the bridge. use caution. there could still be ice on the roadway on 280 in san mateo county, especially near the duran bridge. back to the desk. we have developing news where there is a problem at the airport with the machine that

de-ices planes. janine de la vega is there now to tell us, janine, which airlines are affected and what does this mean for the passengers out there. >> reporter: well, passengers are being delayed about an hour. i just got off phone -- off the phone with thary spokesperson. eight flights have been canceled out of terminal a. the de-icing equipment is broken. delta owns that equipment and it services other airlines. that's why more than one able is being impcketted. here's video from newschopper2 that she shot in the last 15 minutes that shows the plane in terminal a on the ground. now, the airport says -- this is impacting flights on delta, virgin, united an possibly more airlines in terminal a. they are working to reach out to southwest airlines in terminal b to see if they can use its de- icing equipment. some travelers who had flight delays had to hop on shuttle buses to san francisco because of the problems so they could

catch some connecting flights. we also spoke to a passenger that was being impacted by all of this. >> they were about to board the flight and said the wings were iced up so they had to delay the flight which caused me to miss my connection through salt lake city so they rerouted me through los angeles now. >> reporter: i've been checking the website flightaware.com. the numbers have been creeping up all morning. it's reporting that nationwide, 1200 flights have been canceled throughout the u.s. this morning. this is all because of the winter storm back there. locally, though, besides the de- icing problem, there was one flight out of san jose. four flights out of sfo are canceled. some travelers here in san jose are dealing with the de-icing problems. one way they plan to deal with

this, they are gonna do something that's called solar de-icing. that's basically backing up the planes here in terminal a so they are in the sun and actually get thawed out. airport spokeswoman says that that seems to be effective and that they hope to have all of the issues solved by 9:00 a.m. reporting live from san jose, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:04. meantime, federal offices are closed this morning because of that winter storm hitting the east coast. this is new video from washington, d.c. one of our views shot this for you. another 3 to 6 inches of snow is expected today from washington, d.c. to boston. dc and baltimore, they should be the heardest areas hit. i want to take you to a live picture. outside of the u.s. supreme court as we speak. again, you can see some shoveling the steps of the high court out there right now. they are moving. they are walking relatively

well. but again, that's the situation in washington, d.c. outside of the u.s. supreme court at this very moment. >> that snowy weather has basically closed down all of the federal offices in washington, d.c. so that means that today's hearing on the asiana plane crash has been postponed today. the hearing was first postponed in october due to the government shutdown. no word when it will be rescheduled. the ntsb will be looking into the factors that led to the plane clipping a sea wall at san francisco international airport back on july 6th. three people died as a result of that crash. we'll have more on the government closure because of the weather coming up in about ten minutes in a live report from washington, d.c. as steve mentioned, the bay area has another freeze warning today. the warning though, ends in about an hour. in mown parts of the north bay -- many parts of the north bay, temperatures dipped in the 20s. yesterday, they dipped in the teens. an autopsy is planned for today on a man whose body was

found sunday morning on foothill boulevard in hayward. the unidentified man's body was found in a courtyard near a safeway store. police don't know yet if foul play or cold weather were factors in his death. tomorrow night in san jose, there will be a prayer service for the homeless who have died from the cold. over the past week, four men died in santa clara county from hypothermia. church groups say there are not enough homeless shelters for the growing homeless population. tomorrow's service begins at 5:00 p.m. at center road and keys. after the service, blankets, jackets and other items will be passed out to the homeless. you can get up-to-the-minute temperatures on our channel 2 website. go to ktvu.com and click on the weather tab at the top of the home page. happening now -- the investigation in san francisco continues into a stubborn fire at a recycling center. this started about 8:30 last night at this facility near

candlestick park. firefighters finally put out the last hot spots a couple of hours ago. ktvu's tara moriarty has been out there since 4:30 this morning. you are back now to tell us why it took so long to put those flames out. tara? >> reporter: this was a pretty stubborn fire. all of the crews have pulled out at this point. basically, the fire was in this huge file of debris that stretched the length of a football field. it was 8 feet high, 12 feet wide. you can imagine how long it took to sift by hand. they were not able to get their heavy equipment into the warehouse you see there. it's been ripped apart there. that's because the conditions were just simply too smokily for heavy equipment. around 8:30 last night, neighbors noticed smoke pouring from the windows in the roof of the recology warehouse off tunnel avenue near candlestick park. this facility, which is part of the city dump, is the place where people mainly contractors, come to get rid of lumber, sheetrock and other debris. we're told no hazardous

materials burned. but it did take more than nine hours for firefighters to completely snuff on the the flames -- snuff out the flames. >> we've been discussing things with people who or rate the-- who operate the facilities. >> reporter: the assistant chief told firefighter one firefighter hurt his foot. he was treated on scene and was able to return to fighting the fire. conditions around the plant were very smoky when we first arrived this morning. now it looks like it's dissipate and lifted a lot. crews, again, we saw the last engine pull out of here about five minutes ago. it looks like they've wrapped up that portion. as far as what started the fire, they've not said. they say it's still under investigation. live from san francisco, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. it is 8:09. new this morning, the memorial service in south africa for former president nelson mandela

ended one hour ago. dozens of world leaders, including president obama, were there in the pouring rain at a stadium in johannesburg. that memorial service is the first of several events in the coming days to honor mandela. president obama was among the world leaders who spoke at the memorial. got a warm round of applause. the president said he tries to apply the lessons of mandela in his own life. >> he tells us what is possible, not just in the pages of history books but in our own lives as well. >> one moment that will be talked about is president obama made his way to the podium and you see there, he stopped and shook hands with cuban's president, raul castro. with 90 hey heads of state -- 90 heads of state attending the memorial, security was

extremely tight in johannesburg. there's a bay area connection to this year's nobel peace prize. it involves a lawrence livermore lab. today, the peace prize committee in norway is honoring an international watchdog group that's trying to rid the world of chemical weapons. that group was a key part of destroying chemical weapons in syria. chemists helped the group to analyze and test the chemical weapons. those scientists, by the way, are receiving a special honor. another protest in santa rosa tied to the fatal police shooting of a teenager. what what's happening this morning that's prompting today's demonstration. also held captive in north korea, the new information we're finding out about a palo alto man detained in north korea. and we're still seeing a lot of slow traffic even though this is past the peak of the commute. you can still see traffic here is a little bit busien -- busy on the san mateo bridge. it's even slower in parts of

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while he was detained, newman delivered a videotaped apology but he says the words, they were not his. and they were not delivered voluntarily. he came back to the bay area on saturday and he's now resting. >> he seems a little tired, you know, but that's to be expected. it's been a long month, you know, probably emotionally taxing, you know. he seems okay. he seems like he will be just fine. >> mr. newman said he will talk more about his experience later after recovering his strength. there's new privacy concerns about the release of information from the covered california website. thousands of californians have gone online since the state's insurance exchange page launched back in october. many of those people started but did not finish the application process. well, now the state has given their contact information to private insurance agents who are being asked to help people finish the enrollment process.

lieutenant-governor gavin newsom says that idea is a serious mistake. as we have been reporting, the winter storm on the east coast is has see sexually shut down the -- has essentially shut down the federal government. that include the hearing for the asiana crash in san francisco. ken wayne is live in washington, d.c. that the hearing has now been postponed it looks like the snow has turned to rain. ken? >> reporter: well, it's a very wet snow right now, tori. it's still snowing but it's not sticking. you can see the street here. there's no snow on the street. you can see the washington monument out there on the mall. gray skies, snow falling. we're getting forecasts up to 6 inches of snow falling here in washington just this morning. but that has not happened. i want to show you the capitol building. the capitol is open. the senate is in session. hearings have been going on. as you mentioned, the federal government itself is shut down.

the ntsb hearing was set to take place. in fact, it was supposed to start about 2 hours and 15 minutes ago. we got the word after 6:00 eastern time that it's been postponed. but we haven't been told when that postpone will -- when the hearing will take place, whether it will happen later today or they are gonna put it off to tomorrow or even later. we know some people flew out from from the bay area to testify including the san francisco fire chief and representatives from san francisco international airport. i have been trying to get ahold of the people. we're still trying to find out exactly what the status is. we don't know when the ntsb hearing is gonna take place. this weather has really messed up travel with flight delays and all of that. we'll have to wait to see what happens. ken wayne, ktvu channel 2 news. >> there's couple of us here who used to live on the east coast. that doesn't look like a lot of

snow, enough to shut down a whole government. is it icy? is it kind of treacherous driving? >> reporter: i'm glad you said that. i was thinking the same thing. it doesn't seem like it's enough snow. but they had forecast they were gonna get 6 inches of snow this morning in a very short period of time. so that's why the government shut down and all of the schools in this area closed. maryland, virginia and in washington, d.c. because so many people live outside of the district of columbia. they were afraid the roads would be slippery. it just didn't turn out that way. the forecast didn't live up to what we thought was gonna happen. they took precautions and are trying to be safe about it. >> i hope you stay dry and keep us posted on things. enjoying your tweet, ken. that's ken wayne. he'll have live coverage on the hearings when they happen. you can follow him on twitter whenever. >> whenever. >> yeah, he might be there a while. >> good question about the

weather. we're gonna see what sal has to say about the morning commute. >> i should mention dave clark and it it, they are on twit -- and tori campbell. they are on twitter. i'm on twitter. steve's on twitter. if you are looking for information about the commute, you can find it there. you can see the toll plaza has not gotten better. we looked around on the bridge to see if anything was blocking lanes. it's not. there was an earlier stalled vehicle there for a very short period of time. it did cause a little bit of traffic. interestingly enough, it's not as slow as it would have been with the old bridge. now the new bridge has shoulders for people to pull off to when they break down. moving along and taking a look at the san mateo bridge, that's become heavier. as you drive over to the peninsula, the traffic looks good. there's reports of black ice on the peninsula earlier. but now we don't have any more of those. look at san jose in the south bay. a lot of slow traffic on 101. in fact, 101 for all intents

and purposes is slow from southern san jose all the wait into mountain view with maybe a little bit of a break in sunnyvale and that's about it. it's very slow. let's go to steve. thank you, sal. >> you are welcomed steve. >> well, dry, dry, dry. george in el cerrito said bone- dry. that's correct. for those of you who watch weather stuff like the barometer, it's way up there. the pressure is very high over us. cold, this morning. but not as cold for some, especially near the coast and also in san francisco. any record lows? no. we could sure use some rain. i don't see anything. the ten, 15-day outlooks are dry. it looks like we're going into a blocking pattern where high pressure sets up. that usually lasts about three weeks. calendar year for san francisco, dry. 1917, the driest year ever from january to december. 9 inches fell this year. only 5.59. we need 3.5 to avoid a record.

freeze warning is out for another 30 minutes. and then later on again. that might be it after that. sebossty poll is 29. 18 up in clearlake. the records, yesterday was closer. not really today. napa was 18. san jose close 24 is the record. they got to 28. there's still a lot of 20s around. still 30s, 40s, 45 half moon bay. that's a heat wave. one below in tahoe. everything says high pressure is here and it's going to last a long time. it looks like unfortunately. we could use the rain nothing inin site -- nothing insight.

fairfield, vacaville only 50. sausalito, 54. a little cooler. brentwood, antioch, oakley, livermore. warmer for oakland, alameda. get the puff of an offshore ez breeze. san jose, 57. tomorrow we'll see 60s. a little bit more moisture in the air. that means morning lows are coming up. a lot of sunshine and warmer temperatures. i know this sounds crazy but maybe sunday/monday we could be looking at record high temperatures. >> wow. >> that is wild. >> yeah, that sure is. >> thank you. well, san francisco still seeing red. we'll tell you just how much the summer's america cup race is really costing the city and tax payers. and big dreams for a little boy in colorado. what he's begging the white house to do so he can have his dream job. [ female announcer ] for those who love sweets

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visit vwdealer.com today [s[man] no one told her,right?a. [son]hi! [mom screams] well, it's 8:30. good morning. welcome back. these are live pictures from san mateo county. yes, we're watching the morning commute. but we're also watching the area because there have been problems with black ice on the

road this morning. they've been sanding the area. caltrans has been busy trying to make sure all of these cars you see here are safe. we'll have a report on what's happening out there coming up in a couple of minutes. december 10th. i'm dave clark. let's talk about weather and traffic. steve, you have an interesting forecast. >> a lot of interesting in the way of cold. it's not as cold this morning. there's still a freeze warning. not as cold around the bay. we'll see a lot of sunshine today. it looks like a lot of sunshine here for a while. not just today with gradually warming temperatures as we head towards the end of the week. still plenty of 20s, 30s inland. 45 half moon bay. my goodness. that's hot. hot. 45. a lot of 20s will give way to afternoon highs. upper 50s. low 60s. a few high clouds up in northeast california and then down in l.a. if you are watching us down there. san diego. that's it. cold morning, sunny. sunny for all today. highs today 50s. a few pushing back the mid-50s to maybe some upper 50s.

here's sal. >> we're still looking at slow traffic, steve as you drive in many areas. i do want to show you that traffic is going to be busy as you come up on the bay bridge toll plaza. although, i do want to mention that traffic has been slow. it has not been as bad as it was yesterday if that's any consolation for you. once you make it on the bridge, it looks okay but we have a big backup. this is a 15, 20-minute delay before you make it on the bridge. quickly now let's take a look at 237. the traffic is busy as you approach sunnyvale and zanker road. northbound 17, santa cruz mountains as you come down to los gatos, you are going to see slow traffic. although the actual mountain pass is not that bad and the san jose freeway system has a lot of slow traffic. let's go back to the desk. developing news in san mateo county, we were just talking about this a moment ago. drivers, you are being warned, watch out for black ice on the roads. ktvu's brian flores is out there right now to tell us what

we're seeing and what to to if you hit a patch of that. >> reporter: -- what to do if you hit a patch of that. >> reporter: definitely take it easy. if you are heading on 280 near the duran bridge, heed the warning to slow down. you are taking a look at the northbound direction here on 280. traffic moving pretty nicely. slow going over the duran bridge. there are reports of black ice. a sand dump truck followed by two caltrans trucks with two lane changing signs made another pass on the bridge to make sure that the traction is a lot better for some of the drivers. as we go from earlier -- from newschopper2, you see a couple of lanes blocked on the northbound side of 280 as crews pour sand on the freeway. the first report came at 5:40. the chp got reports of an accident involving four cars. a couple of lanes were blocked for some time while crews poured sand over the black ice. but eventually all lanes were opened about an hour later and have been opened for some time.

it still may be slippery. so if you are approaching the duran bridge, be careful out there as well. as we take you back out here live, caltrans pouring more sand on the freeway. we've seen another truck come by. be advised they may slow down traffic as well this morning. if you are here on 280 take it easy on the roadways. brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:34. meantime, classrooms at community united elementary school in oakland are finally warming up after a full week with no to heat. temperatures were in the 40s in some of the classrooms after the boiler system broke last week. >> i had to wear a jacket. it's cold. >> reporter: he wear that jacket in the classroom? >> yes. >> it's freezing in his room. all of the kids bundled up with hats and coat. that's -- that's not right. >> .

>> the school district's replacement boiler didn't get there until yesterday afternoon. the code says any space occupied by people has to have a heating system that can keep the minimum temperature of at least 68 degrees. pg&e says the cold weather has driven natural gas consumption is a new record. pg&e says the peak demand hit almost 5 billion cubic feet twice the amount of natural gas used on thanksgiving. it beats the previous record set about 15 years ago. pg&e says it is meeting the higher demand by using gas from storage that they bought last summer for -- for pretty lower prices. today is a third spare-the- air day in a row here in the bay area. the 7th one of the season. we know you will probably want to burn wood and it's been a frustrating period of time, watching the temperatures go down. but you can't throw a log on the fire.

>> it's cold. they shouldn't call the spare- the-air day on these extra cold days. >> now, the air regulators say the cold front is exactly why they need that spare-the-air day. it's keeping the air stagnant and pollution close to the ground. last winter, there were only four spare-the-air days. all of them were in january. happening today -- the snow ma county sheriff's deputy who shot and killed 13-year-old andy lopez is returning to work today. kight's alex savidge is live -- ktvu's alex savidge is live in santa rosa to explain how supporters of the victim's family are responding to this development. >> reporter: good morning. lopez supporters are really angry about what's going on. they don't believe the deputy involved in this controversial shooting should be coming back to work until the investigation is complete. as a matter of fact, many people want criminal charges for him. that's why there will be a demonstration here outside of the sheriff's department. it will happen later on this afternoon. you can see a sign here on the front door letting everybody know that the sheriff's office will crows at 4:00 -- will

close at 4:00, it will close early because of the protest. deputy erick gelhaus will be back on the job later today, according to the assistant sheriff, although he will only be working on administrative say signments -- assignments. that will be the case until the question ises finished -- investigation is finished. he's been on paid leave since october when he shot and killed andy lopez. they say he mistook the replica for a real ak-47. lopez's family has filed a federal lawsuit. the santa rosa police department continues to investigate what happened. with deputy gelhaus, cleared to return to work now, one friend of the lopez family said she's frustrated. >> everyone is just outraged because he gets to go on like it's nothing. and that's not what -- family doesn't get to do that. family and friends -- we're still fighting for this. why is he allowed back to live

his normal life? >> reporter: later on today, the county board of supervisors will discuss several issues related to the lopez shooting. they are expected to begin making appointments to a community and law enforcement task force created in response to the shooting. they will also take up the issue of creating a memorial park in the vacant field or the lot, i should say, where andy lopez was shot and killed back in october. the march will begin at 4:00 at santa rosa city hall this afternoon. and demonstrators will eventually make their way here to the sheriff's department for a ral little at 5:30. live this morning in santa rosa, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >> last night the u.s. senate voted to extend the plan on plastic guns that cannot be detected by x-ray machines and metal detectors. president obama quickly signed it into law while flying on air force one for nelson mandela's memorial service. the law is supported by

democrats and republicans on capitol hill. san francisco is still in the red from hosting the 34th america's cup. today's chronicle reports the summer's big yacht race on the bay has cost san francisco tax payers $5.5 million so far. the cost is certain to be a major factor as mayor lee gets ready to smitt a preliminary proposal for hosting the next cup. the deadline for that bid is december 22nd, just 12 days from now. 8:39. the new report out shows some of silicon valley's most successful public schools are not doing a good job helping many students who need the most help. the nonprofit group innovate says students learning english or who are latino, african- american or low-income have much lower test scores than other student, even in schools in the wealthiest neighborhoods. several charter schools and schools in the alum rock district are seeing more success with students in those

very same categories. later today, there will be a big announcement in the bay area's biggest city. larry esquo ville is expected to formally accept the job as the permanent police chief during this morning's city council meeting. yesterday, he talked to robert handa. it was an excrewsive interview. he says he's confidence he can improve police department morale because he's not an outsider. >> i'm a native of the community and the city. i've grown up in this department. i've been here for almost 28 years now. >> today's announcement of the new police chief is expected to come at the same time, the city announces a new contract with the san jose police department. 20 minutes before 9:00. a groundbreaking first for the auto industry. the big announcement from general motors that's coming later today. we're live in san jose. where frigid temperatures and

problems with equipment are causing delays here at the airport. we'll explain what was done in the last hour to help the situation. good morning. right now, we're still looking at slow traffic all over the bay area. highway 24 between walnut creek and oakland still a little bit slow and nearby, we have some more slow traffic. i will tell you about that. well, a lot of sunshine. that's not a forecast problem. the temperatures, though, will they continue to warm up? will we see rain or a cooldown any time soon. ♪ ho ho ho

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u.s. stock markets opened slightly lower taking a breather. another day of record highs. five u.s. regulatory agencies are voting on the so-called rule that's a major step toward preventing extreme risk taking on wall street. it helped basically trigger the 2008 financial crisis. the dow is currently down 34, just below 16,000. the nasdaq is down 2. s&p down 3. i just checked and the new combined american airlines stock is up almost 1% right now in its second day of trade. it closed up 2.7% after its first full tray of trade when american airlines officially merged with u.s. airways. executives are encouraged by

investor interest but add the real goal is to restore american airlines to its previous position after a decade of huge losses resulting in bankruptcy. flip board of palo alto is the latest online media startup closing in on a valuation of $1 billion. today. they plan to file documents for another $50 million round of founding. that's after it hit a new benchmark. 100million users have downloaded the app that turns mobile devices into personalized magazine. they make money by selling full- age dick tal ads to go with the articles it pulls from a variety of -- digital ads to go with the articles it pulls from a variety of articles. three to six inches of more snow is expected between washington, d.c. and boston.

the winter storm has shut down the federal government in washington, d.c. that includes the ntsb hearing that was due to start today investigating the asiana airlines crash in san francisco. the hearing has been postponed. ed cold weather in the bay area causing problems for air travelers. this is at san jose mineta international airport. planes are being de-iced after having problems with the de- icing truck earlier. janine de la vega is right there at san jose airport. you just talked to the spokeswoman. what's the latest there? >> reporter: well, she does say that progress is being made because more equipment has been brought in to help. so far, eight flights have been delayed. they don't expect there to be more but we're still waiting to hear that. now, the edice -- de-icing equipment was broken. delta owns the quilt and services other other planes. that's why more than one

airline was affected. here's video that we shot within the last hour that shows planes being de-iced. crews had to borrow the equipment from southwest airlines to help out. this impacted flights on delta, virgin, unite and possibly more airlines in terminal a. the some travelers tell us they were rerouted on flights to san francisco. some had to board shuttles to get there. it wasn't something the passengers were prepared for. >> we were supposed to leave at 6:15. my flight has not left. i'm now headed over to san francisco to hopefully catch another flight to massachusetts. >> you are saying because of weather. >> there's ice on the wings. too much ice. >> i've been checking the website flightaware.com. it's been reporting there's been more than 1300 canceled flights throughout the u.s. locally, one flight has been canceled out of san jose, more flights were sfo that were

canceled. snow and ice on the eastern seaboard and in the midwest have been causing problems. airports reporting the most are newark, la guardia, dallas/fort worth. as far as ice on the wings, that's supposed to clear up in the next 15 minutes because the temperatures have risen. so with the sun coming out, she's saying it should help and if more de-icing needs to be done and there's not enough equipment, she says what they do is called solar de-icing where they pull the planes out into the sun to thaw them out. janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, janine. it's official. general motors is the first carmaker to have a woman in the top job. pam cook is in our newsroom with the big announcement and

reaction. >> it was officially announced less than an hour ago. people from all over the world have been commenting all morning about the big news at general motors. mary barra will take over the top job at gm when the current ceo retires in january. that makes her the first female ceo in the global auto industry. another chunk off the glass ceiling, sometimes the right man for the job is a woman. two of the many comments on twitter. with 33 years of experience at gm. she's risen through the ranks. she started as an 18-year-old student at the general motors institute. landed her first job as a plant engineer at the pontiac motor division where her father worked for 39 years. barra is currently serving as the senior vice president for global product development. the company website this morning said "she's a leader in the company's ongoing turnaround revitalizing gm's product development, delivering record quality ratings and

higher customer satisfaction." her comments were treated out as well -- tweeted out. she says "this is an exciting time at today's gm. i'm honored to lead the best team in the business and to keep our momentum at full speed." one of her most notable quos was a direct -- quotes was "no more crappy cars." that's what she told employees. pam cook, ktvu channel 2 news. ten minutes before 9:00. we have some breaking news. we want to tell you about it. we understand -- sal will be telling us about this breaking news right now. >> i'm making a map of this as we speak. you are gonna have to pardon me as i do this on the fly. but it's an underground vault fire and i think i have the map up, fellows, if you want to brick it up here. it's right -- bring it up here. it's right in this area near

golf ranks road near fontaine and el montae. in this general area here of oakland. it's an underground vault fire. it's natural gas. pg&e has told oakland fire that they are investigating some of the homes in the area. it's coming up on a road golf links road near fontaine street is the nearest location. it looks like there's natural gas, basically coming up from the road. we do know that oakland fire is on the scene. this was first reported at about 8:25. we're about 30 minutes into the incident. the fire department and the police department there are evacuating some of the nearby homes. ktvu has a crew on the way. we will let you know more about what's going on in the area. let's take a look at highway 4. it's cleared up nicely as you drive through there. been no major problems right now reported. also the morning commute looks pretty good if you are driving on the bridge but getting there is a different story. you do have a lot of slow

traffic on the bridge at the toll plaza before you get onto the span. let's go to steve. >> thank you, sal. already. a lot of sunshine -- already a lot of sunshine. it does look rather warm as we head into the weekend. maybe record highs early next week. cold is the big story. not as cold for some. but still very cold for others. just a few people e-mailed me or tweeted me. sebastopol 20. pleasant hill, 25. brentwood, 27. stanford, 26. 18 up in clearlake. 20s and 30s. but 45 half moon bay. temperatures, pacifica half moon bay, also into san francisco definitely warmer this morning. one below in tahoe. truckee, 7. 29 eureka. 23 in redding. there's plenty of cold air. it's going to be a quiet day. it looks like a quiet pattern. each day temperatures will be warming you. and i think a -- warming up and i think moisture will be coming

up. cold, sunny for all. novato, 52. petaluma, 52. same for sonoma, napa. walnut creek danville, low 50s. 54 berkeley, oakland. a little hint of an easterly breeze helping some. santa cruz, gilroy starting to warm up. should be 60s maybe towards santa cruz and could be a few other locations but it looks like definitely as we head toward friday and saturday, temperatures will be warming up. we'll see the lows come up especially around the bay and the coast. by the weekend, sunday/monday, temperatures should get warm. not something i say in december. >> no, you don't. we're gonna update you on the breaking news sal just told us about an underground vault fire in oakland. it's causing evacuations. and early sign of christmas noting into the -- floating into the north bay.

there is capacity spirit floating on san francisco bay. this small tree appeared near the glenwood neighbor. the tree is three feet tall. it's decorated with lights powered by two small solar panels attached to a post next to the tree. people in the area don't know who put the tree out there but they say it was a nice thing to do and they appreciate the gesture. it's ticket tuesday.

today, one lucky viewer will win four tickets to see the harlem globetrotters. the tickets for the glob troeters are for january 17th at the oracle arena. to enter, go to ktvu.com, do it before midnight tonight, put in the secret word "dunk." >> always put on a good show. >> yes. back to sal for an update on the breaking news in oakland. fire there, sal. >> it's in the eastmont area of oakland. it's an underground vault fire. i've put it on the map just to show what you area it is. it's a fire coming up from golf links road near eastmont. the oakland police have started to evacuate people in the nearby area. we're also getting reports that pg&e thinks that might not be necessary. those are just reports. we'll have more coming up at noon. we'll do cut-ins if necessary. after a cold morning, temperatureses are rebound.

it looks like this trend will continue as far as warmer weather continues. around the bay and coast, temperatures are starting to warm up. 60s by the weekend. no rain in sight. >> no rain. >> nothing. >> all right, steve. >> all right. that's our report for this morning. we thank you for making cute your choice for news. >> be sure to watch the news at noon for more on the weather and equipment problems at the san jose airport. we're always here for you at ktvu.com as well as twitter and facebook. thank you for joining us. have a great day. [ male announcer ] some things are simply better at home. like the enticing aroma and distinctive taste of nespresso. elegant capsules meet masterfully crafted machines,

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